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Transition to remote governance 'seamless'

  • By Walker Sacon, Columbia Gorge News
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The Dalles Mayor Rich Mays said the city made a “seamless transition” to governing remotely after starting the pandemic with a few difficult m…

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Scammer thwarted in The Dalles

  • by Neita Cecil, The Dalles Chronicle
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In a rarity, $1,600 that an elderly woman in The Dalles was scammed out of was recently returned to her by postal inspectors, who made a special trip here from Portland to do so. But an alarming aspect of this case was that the scammers remotely changed the woman’s phone number, “not once, but twice,” in an effort to isolate her, said Gwen Koski, postmaster in The Dalles.

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City cuts Chamber budget

  • Jesse Burkhardt
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In a move that caught some members of The Dalles City Council by surprise, officials voted Monday, May 8, to cut 20 percent from the annual funding request by The Dalles Area Chamber of Commerce.

ODOT, city ink E. Second repaving deal
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ODOT, city ink E. Second repaving deal

  • Jesse Burkhardt
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On one stretch of East Second Street, the city will be able to repave the roadway for a relatively inexpensive amount, thanks to an agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation.

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City mulls doubling gas tax Monday, June 10

  • RaeLynn Ricarte
  • Updated

The Dalles City Council will discuss doubling the local gas tax — from 3 to 6 cents per gallon — at Monday’s meeting as one way to cover the cost of street improvements.